Scepticism is the beginning of Faith.

I have no objection to anyone's sex life as long as they don't practice it in the street and frighten the horses.

One's dreams must be big enough so as not to lose sight of them.

The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world.

The American father is never seen in London. He passes his life entirely in Wall Street and communicates with his family once a month by means of a telegram in cipher.

It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly.

The only form of fiction in which real characters do not seem out of place is history. In novels they are detestable.